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ἐσχατάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐσχατάω

Structure: ἐσχατά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: e)/sxatos

Sense

  1. to be at the edge, on the border, straying about the edge

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐσχάτω ἐσχάτᾳς ἐσχάτᾳ
Dual ἐσχάτᾱτον ἐσχάτᾱτον
Plural ἐσχάτωμεν ἐσχάτᾱτε ἐσχάτωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐσχάτω ἐσχάτῃς ἐσχάτῃ
Dual ἐσχάτητον ἐσχάτητον
Plural ἐσχάτωμεν ἐσχάτητε ἐσχάτωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐσχάτῳμι ἐσχάτῳς ἐσχάτῳ
Dual ἐσχάτῳτον ἐσχατῷτην
Plural ἐσχάτῳμεν ἐσχάτῳτε ἐσχάτῳεν
ImperativeSingular ἐσχᾶτᾱ ἐσχατᾶτω
Dual ἐσχάτᾱτον ἐσχατᾶτων
Plural ἐσχάτᾱτε ἐσχατῶντων, ἐσχατᾶτωσαν
Infinitive ἐσχάτᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐσχατων ἐσχατωντος ἐσχατωσα ἐσχατωσης ἐσχατων ἐσχατωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐσχάτωμαι ἐσχάτᾳ ἐσχάτᾱται
Dual ἐσχάτᾱσθον ἐσχάτᾱσθον
Plural ἐσχατῶμεθα ἐσχάτᾱσθε ἐσχάτωνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐσχάτωμαι ἐσχάτῃ ἐσχάτηται
Dual ἐσχάτησθον ἐσχάτησθον
Plural ἐσχατώμεθα ἐσχάτησθε ἐσχάτωνται
OptativeSingular ἐσχατῷμην ἐσχάτῳο ἐσχάτῳτο
Dual ἐσχάτῳσθον ἐσχατῷσθην
Plural ἐσχατῷμεθα ἐσχάτῳσθε ἐσχάτῳντο
ImperativeSingular ἐσχάτω ἐσχατᾶσθω
Dual ἐσχάτᾱσθον ἐσχατᾶσθων
Plural ἐσχάτᾱσθε ἐσχατᾶσθων, ἐσχατᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐσχάτᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐσχατωμενος ἐσχατωμενου ἐσχατωμενη ἐσχατωμενης ἐσχατωμενον ἐσχατωμενου

Imperfect tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἀβεννὴρ Ἰωὰβ καὶ εἶπε. μὴ εἰσ νῖκοσ καταφάγεται ἡ ρομφαία̣ ἦ οὐκ οἶδασ ὅτι πικρὰ ἔσται εἰσ τὰ ἔσχατα̣ καὶ ἕωσ πότε οὐ μὴ εἴπῃσ τῷ λαῷ ἀποστρέφειν ἀπὸ ὄπισθεν τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν̣ (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 2:26)
  • ἕωσ εἰσέλθω εἰσ τὸ ἁγιαστήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ συνῶ εἰσ τὰ ἔσχατα αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 72:17)
  • ἰδού, Κύριε, σὺ ἔγνωσ πάντα, τὰ ἔσχατα καὶ τὰ ἀρχαῖα. σὺ ἔπλασάσ με καὶ ἔθηκασ ἐπ̓ ἐμὲ τὴν χεῖρά σου. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 138:5)
  • ἐὰν ἀναλάβοιμι τὰσ πτέρυγάσ μου κατ̓ ὄρθρον καὶ κατασκηνώσω εἰσ τὰ ἔσχατα τῆσ θαλάσσησ, (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 138:9)
  • ἔσται οὖν τὰ μὲν πρῶτά σου ὀλίγα, τὰ δὲ ἔσχατά σου ἀμύθητα. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 8:7)

Synonyms

  1. to be at the edge

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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